![]() ![]() A small blemish prompted the government to sell it, and Clements was the buyer. ![]() on Saturday, March 18, at the group’s observatory in Stansbury Park, Tooele County.īuilt by Utah stargazer Mike Clements, the ‘scope utilizes a mirror originally designed for a spy satellite. The Salt Lake Astronomical Society is holding a ground-breaking for the building that will house this planet’s largest amateur telescope, a behemoth with a mirror 70 inches in diameter and a frame 35 feet long. Last November 2016 the last of the private funding was obtained from Private contributors and Salt Lake Astronomical Society (SLAS) members, thereby allowing SLAS to obtain a matching grant from Tooele County. The World’s Largest Amateur Telescope, the Mike Clements 1.8 Meter (70 inch) telescope, has a new home in Utah at the Stansbury Park Observatory Complex (SPOC) the Salt Lake Astronomical Society’s Observatory. Telescope builder Mike Clements poses in front of the massive 70 inch wide mirror at the heart of his giant reflecting telescope.
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